Time To Keep It Simple serves as a record of my life as a traveler, writer, genealogist, photographer, target sports enthusiast, Rotarian, Mason, Jew, PR professional, and many other (mostly positive) things. In addition to this daily blog I am also the man behind the curtain (not named Oz) at gettingyourphil.blogspot.com and I previously blogged at fromgoytooleh.blogspot.com.

Friday, January 1, 2016

Firearms Friday: The First Resolution

This will not be one of thee guns taken to the range!

Of
the many plans that I made for the past year (and the years prior) one of the
things that I never seemed to be able to make time for was heading to the
range. The opportunities are few and far between these days. Heck, there are
even other build projects and reviews that have been put off for month and
those are just the things that I can think of off the top of my head. So, given
that the holiday falls on a Friday, I guess one of the first resolutions that I
will make is a very simple one… get to the range more often.

Given
where we now live, the traveling logistics should be much easier. And now that
things are slowly, very slowly, settling down, I might be able to find a little
bit of time here and there for some range meditation. Of course, let me be clear
that there is little chance that I can find a regular routine for this and I
don’t expect to get out a lot but it would be nice get on the firing line more
than a couple times over the course of the year.

Not
only do I need to regain some proficiency but it will also allow me to assess
what I need to work on (both new issues and old glitches). This applies to both
my own shooting but also some of the builds and modifications that I have done
over the past couple of years. It will hopefully allow me to get some training
in while also working in some time for evaluations. If so, expect to be reading
some reviews in the weeks and months to come. I am not going to say what I am
going to write about but it is safe to say that many of these items have been
mentioned before and many of the parts can be found in some of the lists that I
have compiled over the years.

There
are several AR parts and platforms that need some rounds down range. There are
also some interesting (and not so interesting) handguns that need to be tested.
And there are a number of people with whom I need to catch up and one of the
best places (at least with that motley crew) to meet would be at the range.
However, most importantly, I need to have that peace behind the trigger that
allows me to forget the world for a few seconds as I focus on putting rounds on
target. Maybe, put maybe, I can regain the proficiency that I once possessed.